Photoshop Shortcuts

Essential Adobe Photoshop keyboard shortcuts for tools, layers, and editing

Tools

V # move tool
M # marquee tool
L # lasso tool
W # magic wand tool
C # crop tool
I # eyedropper tool
B # brush tool
E # eraser tool
G # gradient tool
T # type tool

Layers

Ctrl+J / Cmd+J # duplicate layer
Ctrl+Shift+N / Cmd+Shift+N # new layer
Ctrl+E / Cmd+E # merge layers
Ctrl+Shift+E / Cmd+Shift+E # merge visible
Ctrl+G / Cmd+G # group layers
Ctrl+[ / Cmd+[ # send backward
Ctrl+] / Cmd+] # bring forward

Selection

Ctrl+A / Cmd+A # select all
Ctrl+D / Cmd+D # deselect
Ctrl+Shift+I / Cmd+Shift+I # inverse selection
Ctrl+Alt+A / Cmd+Opt+A # select all layers
Shift+F6 / Shift+F6 # feather selection
Shift+Click # add to selection

View & Navigation

Ctrl++ / Cmd++ # zoom in
Ctrl+- / Cmd+- # zoom out
Ctrl+0 / Cmd+0 # fit on screen
Ctrl+1 / Cmd+1 # 100% zoom
Spacebar # hand tool (temp)
F # cycle screen modes
Tab # hide/show panels

Adjustments

Ctrl+L / Cmd+L # levels
Ctrl+M / Cmd+M # curves
Ctrl+U / Cmd+U # hue/saturation
Ctrl+B / Cmd+B # color balance
Ctrl+I / Cmd+I # invert colors
Ctrl+Shift+U / Cmd+Shift+U # desaturate